[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14275-14276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05289]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting. This meeting is open to the public. The public is 
welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting by following the 
instructions posted on the Committee website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-10/.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Meeting of the full Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, March 30, 2022: 11:00 a.m.-
3:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information may be 
obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, or via 
electronic mail to [email protected]; or by telephone (301) 458-4715. 
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available 
on the home page of the

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NCVHS website, https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information 
including an agenda and instructions to access the broadcast of the 
meeting will be posted.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as 
possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose: As outlined in its Charter, the National Committee on 
Vital and Health Statistics assists and advises the Secretary of HHS on 
health data, data standards, statistics, privacy, national health 
information policy, and the Department's strategy to best address those 
issues. This includes the adoption and implementation of transaction 
standards, unique identifiers, operating rules and code sets adopted 
under the Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).\1\
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    \1\ Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 1996), available 
at https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf.
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    At this meeting, the Committee will discuss two letters for 
approval, each containing a set of recommendations for HHS action. The 
first set conveys recommendations regarding privacy, confidentiality, 
and security considerations for data collection and use during a public 
health emergency. The second set conveys recommendations regarding 
standards for prior authorization, attachments, and HIPAA-designated 
transactions in general to support the goal to improve data sharing 
among patients, providers, payers, public health systems, and other 
actors in health care.
    The Committee will reserve time for public comment toward the end 
of the agenda. Meeting times and topics are subject to change. Please 
refer to the agenda posted at the NCVHS website for this meeting at: 
https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-10/ for updates.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2022-05289 Filed 3-11-22; 8:45 am]
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